O’Connell: Long Island’s proud past

By Libby O'Connell
Dec. 7 marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This milestone, recalled a time when most Long Islanders were hard-pressed to find Hawaii on a map. Even the most insightful student of World War II had no idea how close it would come to Long Island.
Within days of the Pearl Harbor attack, Adolf Hitler’s ...